Services
Your laboratory for large and small volume projects.
Prompt, Quality Testing Using State-of-the-Art Equipment
Our soil testing capabilities include basic index testing such as particle size analysis, hydrometer, water content, Atterberg Limits, proctors and organic content to more advanced soil testing such as CBR, Consolidation, Direct Shear, Permeability and Triaxial (US, UU and CU). Our specialty soil testing includes cyclic triaxial and direct simple shear testing. Our rock testing capabilities include unconfined compressive strength, point load, split tensile and CERCHAR.
Test Procedures
- Standard/Modified Impact Compaction (Proctor)
- CBR
- Organic Content
- Chemical Testing (pH, sulfate, sulfide, chloride, resistivity, Redox)
- Thermal Conductivity
- Soil Description and Classification
- Water Content
- Atterberg Limits
- Particle Size Tests
- Specific Gravity
Soil Static Strength Testing
- Standard Laboratory Vane
- Fall Cone
- Direct Shear
- Direct Simple Shear Test (DSS)
- Unconfined Compression
- Unconfined-Undrained Triaxial
- Consolidated Undrained Triaxial with pore pressure
- Consolidated Drained Triaxial
Soil Permeability (Hydraulic Conductivity) Testing
- Constant head permeability
- Falling head permeability
- Triaxial permeability (hydraulic conductivity)
Consolidation and Expansion Testing
- Incremental Consolidation
- Swell Pressure
- Expansion Index Test
Soil Cyclic/Dynamic Testing
- Cyclic Triaxial
- Cyclic Direct Simple Shear (DSS)
- Particle Size Tests
- Specific Gravity
- Los Angeles Abrasion
- Coarse/Fine Angularity
- Organic Impurities
- Flat and Elongated Particles in Coarse Aggregate
- Moh’s Hardness Determination
- Dry Unit Weight
- Saturated Water Content
- Bulk Specific Gravity
- Porosity
- Rebound Hardness
- Total Hardness
- Point Load Strength
- Slake Durability
- Unconfined Strength (with or without estimated elastic modulus)
- Triaxial Strength
- Direct Shear Test
- Brazilian Splitting Test (Tensile)
Slurry and Backfill Testing
- Preparation of Bentonite Slurry
- Preparation of Cement/Bentonite Slurry
- Preparation of Soil/Bentonite Slurry Sample
- Preparation of Soil and Additive Sample
- Preparation of Standard Test Specimen for Curing and Testing
- Slurry Density by Mud Balance
- Slurry Viscosity by Marsh Funnel
- Slurry Viscosity by Rotational Viscometer
- Slurry Filter Cake by filter press
- Lime Stabilization Viability
- Filter Cake Permeability Test
- Unconfined Compression of Soil Cement Cylinders
- Unconfined Compression on Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM)
- Standard Triaxial Permeability (Hydraulic Conductivity)
